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by Rajen Kumar
New Thoughts for the New Year
Years come and go and New Year resolutions are made and then forgotten. Shaking hands and saying Happy New Year is all we do and soon we find ourselves head down busy in our routine...
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Special Reports
Jan 2012Be Skeptical. Be very Skeptical. Mistake upon Mistake
In recent months, we've had a few slip-ups by the official statistical system in India: • Yesterday's IIP release was preceded by a mistake. Mint says: On Monday, the...
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News
Procurement Policy Implementation...
With the Union Cabinet’s approval of the Procurement Policy requiring the agencies of the central ministries, departments and public sector undertakings, to source at least 20% of their respective annual...
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CORN- Value Addition Opportunities...
SME WORLD, India’s singular voice of millions of MSMEs in India and Indian Maize Development Association (IMDA) together will organize a Seminar on Corn – Value Addition Opportunities for SMEs in Food,...
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SEBI Approves SME EXCHANGE...
BSE SME Exchange has got final approval from the capital market Regulator SEBI recently. It is learnt that the BSE SME Exchange will be launched after Diwali. Earlier, BSE SME Exchange received in principle...
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BSE SME Exchange Promises World...
A large number of merchant bankers are optimistic about the SME Exchange/ Platform. The market makers will get the fees out of the issue expenses, like the merchant bankers. The members who have the experience...
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Scrip on Healthy Small Bourse:...
SEBI has been doing a commendable job by taking various measures in order to protect the Shareholder and Investors interest. Now, the clearance for setting up of the SME Stock Exchange for facilitating...
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Traditional Finance Model for SMEs...
The requirement of having net tangible assets of at least Rs. 3 cr. in each of the preceding 3 full years, a track record of distributable profits for at least 3 out of immediately preceding 5 years and...
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Does the RBI have the Capacity...
1. What is the proper scope of micro-finance, given the Indian context? What specific problems and issues will it be expected to address, especially based on the lessons from the present (2010) and past...
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NEC's outlook 2012 on Indian IT...
Implement granular recovery: Implement backup software that can protect and restore individual items within the VM, quickly and easily.India has witnessed major urbanization in recent times, with an estimated...
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High Cost of Credit impediment...
There is an urgent need for an affordable cost of credit to the micro and small industry sector in the country and for this government will make endeavours by increasing the corpus of the CGTMSE for lending...
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Top Stories
Social Media Networks and Their Impact on SMEs
There were days when Small and Medium Enterprises were by and large restricted to local regions for their customers. Primary reason behind this was their inability to spend huge amounts on marketing and advertising – a move which could connect them to wider...
MSMEs in 2012 and Beyond: The Sectors That Hold Promise
The year 2011 started off quite well for me. There were some personal accomplishments, new professional alliances, projects and work to look forward to. But half way down the year, I lost my father suddenly. It was a bolt from the blue, absolutely unexpected....
Interviews
“Eradicate Poverty Through Profits” How Onicra Perceives SMEs
Onicra states that they have rated around 9000 SMEs since inception in 2005. Why did those companies want to go for credit rating? Did it serve their purpose? What systems do you have in place to ascertain the same? ...
Fascination for Furniture: Idea Behind AIZA
AIZA involves exclusive and unique pieces which gives a very personalized detail touch. The company hones the talent of select few young designers who have something immaculately original and unconventional to offer. AIZA does not manufacture furniture; they...
Features
India's Largest Agri Show “KISAN”
Indian agriculture sector has deep impact on rural earnings and livelihood. A significant part of our economy is dependent on our farm produce. KISAN has been around for the last 19 years and each year the convention is held to introduce the farmers to...
New Year Resolution of a SME Owner
O yes, this is the time of year when we are all supposed to start promising to go to the gym more, eat less, live more in the moment, etc. Well, those are all noble ideas but if you truly want to make it as an entrepreneur, I'd suggest you leave those...
Post Recession has Changed the SME Sector’s Approach
The post recession period has given both kind of experiences to SME – sweet and bitter. Entrepreneus have learnt hard lessons. The biggest problem faced by SMEs is skilled manpower plagued with problems...
Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) For Food Processing Industry: An Overview
Enterprises in food processing sector have the potential to play a much more significant role in achieving the macroeconomic target variables of growth and social justice, inasmuch as these constitute...
Focus
What G-20 Meet Means to Diverse Economies?
The G-20 summit in Cannes has ended in crucial dismay. The world leaders seemed neither...
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How Important is Task Management to any SMB ?
Internationally, task management is a way of working for any business but here in our...
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Myopic Routes of Finance
Amidst the ongoing financial crisis, it is essential to consider the scale of losses. What we have actually...
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Rural Marketing- Challenges and Opportunities
About 70% of India's total population is rural by nature. Rural India has a population...
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“Eradicate Poverty Through Profits” How Onicra Perceives SMEs
Onicra states that they have rated around 9000 SMEs since inception...
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India's Largest Agri Show “KISAN”
Indian agriculture sector has deep impact on rural earnings and livelihood. A significant part...
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Down the Memory Lane
Zainul Abdin was the only person who would pour his heart out to me in a mix of Urdu-Hindi (Hindustani ) in hush-hush tones during the war-torn Dhaka (then Dacca) in the early 70s where I worked...
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With 50,000 investment to 134 Cr. Turnover - He Just Dialed the Right Numbers
Now Just Dial is also launched in the United States. Just Dial was selected for its migration from a Microsoft DOS-based client server system to a web-based system powered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux....
Delhi Medical Tourism: Delhi Doctors Promise Free Help to Poor Patients
Thousands of patients from across various tier II and tier III cities visit the capital everyday for medical treatment and many of them feel lost in search of the suitable hospitals and most of the leading...